http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/01/30/146108888/science-and-the-meaningful-life?sc=fb&cc=fp

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/01/18/how-exercise-might-help-our-cells-help-us/

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/03/taming-wild-animals/ratliff-text/1

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/build-a-dog/ratliff-text

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/01/scientists-are-people-too/

http://www.nature.com/news/yeast-suggests-speedy-start-for-multicellular-life-1.9810
Studying how things might have happened in the deep past, in the lab, today…sounds like time travel to me.

… and it just got a little thinner.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21353-zoologger-unique-life-form-is-half-plant-half-animal.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21300-twist-in-the-tail-of-eukaryotic-origins.html

Sometimes enhancing memory is about knowing *when* to learn something new rather than ingesting something that promises magical powers. http://bit.ly/rHKRCJ Researchers are studying how to schedule training sessions to have the greatest effect. “Sea Snails Help Scientists Explore a Possible Way to Enhance Memory,” From UT Health.

This article is a good example of how observations lead to questions, that lead to hypothoses, that lead to experiments, that lead to new knowledge. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/26/ocean-bacteria-glow-to-turn-themselves-into-bait/